Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Emperor's Tomb
The strange events told by Meng Buping caused a series of mysteries in Jin Mier's heart.
First of all, is this ghost crying a prank by the villagers, or is there really a ghost?
Secondly, what did Li Yuan see that night?
Finally, what does this have to do with Meng Buping?
Jin Mi'er returned to the orphanage, rested for the night, and after much deliberation at night, decided to go to the emperor's tomb the next day to explore the truth and talk to the local villagers.
Jin Mi'er thought to herself, if it is artificial, then this person is too hateful, pretending to be a ghost and scary to bully the lonely and widowed old man, is it tolerable or unbearable!
She's got to take care of it!
As soon as it was dawn the next morning, she tied a ponytail, dragged Wu Ming, checked the route on the mobile phone map, and directly called a special car.
Wu Ming rubbed his eyes that had just woken up, was full of interest, and asked with great interest: "Sister, have you found any treasures?
Jin Mi'er made a blank face and said, "No! At a young age, don't think about robbing the tomb! This is a thing that damages yin morality." β
Wu Ming pouted and said, "Then what are you asking me to do?"
Kim Mill said, "I want to know the truth of a thing!"
Wu Ming seemed uninterested, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since yesterday, I have been memorizing words, and it will be no good to meet you!"
After a while, the special car came, and Jin Mier directly dragged Wu Ming into the special car.
The car became more and more remote, driving into the vicinity of Huangfen Mountain, with a radius of three miles, and there was not a single family, which seemed extremely desolate.
As far as the eye can see, on the northwest side of the imperial tomb is a verdant orange orchard, and at the foot of the east side, there are several peasant families who have contracted orchards. In the exposed loess around the sealed soil of the imperial tomb, there are some broken bluestone bricks and lime soil.
The driver left them at the head of the village, and felt that it was too remote, so he did not want to stay any longer and left in a hurry.
The well-known Huiling of the Wuhou Temple is just Liu Bei's clothed tomb, and it is rumored that the emperor's tomb is where Liu Bei's real cemetery is. Although it has not been officially confirmed, there are many legends circulating.
They found the owner of the orangery, an old man who was nearly seventy years old.
Jin Mi'er asked, "Excuse me, is this the emperor's tomb?"
The old man looked up slightly, and saw wrinkles on his old skin, his hands and feet trembled slightly, and his mouth was open, not knowing what he was saying. His eyes were deeply sunken inward, skinny, his hands were already covered with skin and bones, and his face was full of high cheekbones, which looked very terrifying.
I heard the old man say in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"
Jin Mi'er was stunned and said, "Oh, we are tourists, and it is said that this is Liu Bei's tomb, so I want to come and have a look." β
The old man looked Jin Mi'er up and down, snorted, and said, "You're not here to rob the tomb, are you?"
Kim Mill smiled and said, "Do you think we look like us? We don't even have a shovel." We're just history buffs and want to learn more about you. β
The old man looked up at Wu Ming again and asked, "What is he doing?"
Nameless grinned: "Flower Protector, no way, who called her my fiancΓ©e." β
Jin Mi'er was angry and funny in her heart, and turned her head and snorted: "Whoever is your fiancΓ©e, you can take advantage of it." β
The old man seemed to be very uninterested in them, so he closed his eyes and ignored them.
Seeing this, Jin Mi'er hurriedly took out a hundred yuan, handed it to the old man, and said, "If it is convenient, I would like to ask you to take us around and introduce the emperor's tomb, we are interested in history." β
Climb up the more than 100 steps along the green bamboo, and reach the waist of the mound of the imperial tomb, only to see the weeds on the imperial tomb, and then there is only a winding path. Climb to the top of the enclosure and the view is wide. In the mist, the surrounding mountains can be faintly seen.
The old man raised his hand and told Jin Mi'er: "The north of the imperial tomb is Huanglong Mountain, the south is Qinglong Mountain, the east is Huanglongxi, the west is Jinling Ridge, and there are 7 other peaks around, which add up to 9 lotus petals, and the imperial tomb is exactly in the position of the lotus heart." Liu Dongdong, a descendant of Liu Bei during the Republic of China, stayed here to guard the tomb, saying that there was a genealogy of the Liu family, this person was dead, and the genealogy was difficult to find. β
Jin Mi'er asked thoughtfully: "Since it is Liu Bei's tomb, why is this place so desolate, and why hasn't the local government developed it into a tourist attraction?"
The old man glanced at her and said solemnly: "Because no one dares to dig Liu Bei's tomb since ancient times, whether it is an archaeologist or a tomb robber, all those who enter Liu Bei's tomb die in the burial goods." β
Kim Miel was very surprised and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
The old man said: "Even archaeologists believe that the burial goods in Liu Bei's tomb have been mysteriously cursed. There is a rumor in the village that a group of tomb robbers came to Liu Bei's tomb on a dark night and made a hole into the tomb, but the scene they saw was incredible!"
Wu Ming listened curiously on the sidelines, and interjected to ask, "What did they see?"
The old man said: "They saw that the tomb was brightly lit, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were playing chess, Zhang Fei was watching the battle, and ten warriors were standing on the side. The group of tomb robbers were frightened and knelt down to beg for mercy, and Liu Bei waved his hand to signal the warriors to give them elixir and jade belts. The tomb robbers drank the elixir, tied the jade belt, and escaped from the cave, but as soon as they came out of the cave, the entrance to the cave was sealed. Look at the jade belt again, it turned into a poisonous snake wrapped around their waists, and the elixir in their mouths also turned into glue to their mouths. In this way, this story was spread ten, ten by hundred, and no one dared to touch Liu Bei's tomb. β
Wu Ming disagreed, and said: "These are all stories made up to bluff those who are uneducated." β
The old man shook his head and said, "Then let me ask you, the imperial tomb is three miles away, and you never see ants, mosquitoes, and snakes. No one has been able to understand these things so far, so tell me what's going on?"
Jinmiel stared for a moment, and said, "Is this to scare the tomb robbers? I don't believe in any curses, let alone any ghosts. β
She and the old man were arguing and deliberately turned the conversation to ghosts and gods. Actually, she is not interested in Liu Bei's tomb at all, what she really cares about is why there are ghosts crying at night here?
The old man's expression became heavy, and he said, "I suggest you leave before dark!
As soon as these words came out, Jin Mi'er fell into the arms, and she hurriedly asked: "Haunted? Is it a pretending person to scare tomb robbers?"
The old man paused, and said in a dark voice, "I'll tell you a personal experience." On the east side of Liu Bei's tomb, there is a dilapidated earthen walled courtyard. There is a well there, and the inside of the well leads to the emperor's tomb. Every late at night, the eerie cry of a child can be heard from the mouth of the well. Naughty children in the village, love to run there, and the result is ...... Outcome...... In the past ten years, many children have disappeared in the surrounding villagers! We called the police, and the police searched for them, and guess what they found in the end?"
Wu Ming and Jin Mi'er asked in unison, "What?"
But seeing the old man's expression become extremely frightened, people can't help but feel panicked, only to hear him say: "The child's bones!
Jin Mi'er was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think in her heart: "It seems that the real mystery is in the well of the earthen wall courtyard he said." Could it be that Li Tianci's father came here two years ago and really saw a ghost?"
Seeing her in a trance, the old man glanced at her sideways and said solemnly: "Outsider, let me tell you, you must not go to that place." None of the people of the past are alive. β
Kim Miel hesitated, nodding at him on the surface, but thinking in his heart, he would stay tonight and find the well to see if there were any ghosts there.
Before you know it, the sun is about to set.
The fall of dusk is always gloomy, and the spring mist fills the land. The dim daylight gave way to darkness, and a deep silence hung over it.
The old man looked at his watch, and it was almost six o'clock in the evening. He packed up his things in a panic and prepared to leave the orchard.
Jin Mi'er hurriedly asked, "Old man, do you want to leave?"
The old man did not look at her again, but said hurriedly, "I must get out of here before dark." β
Seeing the old man's solemn and terrifying expression, Wu Ming couldn't help but panic, tugged on Jin Mi'er's sleeve, and whispered, "Why don't we go too." β
Jin Mi'er didn't want to leave at all, her attention was completely focused on the earthen walled courtyard on the east side of the cemetery.
The old man ignored them, "You can stay as long as you want, I'm going home!"
Looking at his back as he left in a hurry, Wu Ming couldn't help but be a little stunned, and said in a panic: "Sister, let's go back." This place, to hear the old man, is quite terrifying. Especially when he said that the well, don't go there. β
Jin Mi'er shook her head and said firmly: "I brought you here to see if there are really ghosts here, or are there people pretending to be ghosts and scary?" She paused, suddenly thought of the white-robed monk, and then said: "Don't worry, if there are really ghosts, someone will come to subdue demons!"
Wu Ming patted his head, grinned and said seriously: "Okay heroine, you stay to subdue the demons, or I'll go back first." So saying, he turned and left.
Jin Mi'er grabbed him and said loudly: "You stay with me to be brave!
She didn't wait for Wu Ming to reply, she pulled him hard and ran directly in the direction of the emperor's tomb.
Wu was obviously in pain and helpless, and said angrily: "I didn't eat the mutton, and I made a commotion!"
As I walked, the sun was setting, and it was about to get dark. The last rays of light shone through, and in an instant, a clear light fell from the clouds, which was particularly sacred. Jin Mi'er only felt that there was a trance in front of her, and she couldn't help but rub her eyes, and in an instant, the hand beads on her wrist flashed a colorful divine light under the refraction of the light.
Wu Mingden was startled and shouted, "Wow! What kind of treasure are you?"
Jin Mi'er was also shocked, she raised her arm, looked at the hand beads carefully, and in the blink of an eye, there was a mirage in front of her.
At this moment, I only heard Wu Ming shouting in surprise: "Evil sect! How can there be a child in this wilderness?"
Jin Mi'er hurriedly looked up, and saw a little novice standing on the steps of the entrance to the emperor's tomb. But I feel that this little novice looks honest and cute, and his eyebrows have not taken off the childishness of a child.